The Programmer Hierarchy

I was really proud of myself for advancing from IT Support to Web Development, but it seems there's an entire hierarchy of programmers and I'm at the bottom... just below game programmers.

So where do I go from here, what do I aspire to?
Where are all the "real" programmers?

It goes AI research > general CS research > cryptography > kernel hacking > any userland development in real languages > iPhone development > any userland development in Java, Sepples, or Cocktothorpe > web development.